20th-century male writers

The list 20th-century male writers includes Jim Morrison, Jim Carrey, Rick Springfield, Chuck Norris and Bill O'Reilly. The list consists of 5,234 members and 1 sublist.

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Jim Carrey

Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)

Overview: James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and artist. Known for his energetic slapstick performances, Carrey first gained recognition in 1990 ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1962

Age: 63

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Film producers from Ontario 166T

People with multiple nationality 65T

Canadian anti-vaccination activists 11T
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Jim Morrison

American singer; lead vocalist of the Doors (1943–1971)

Overview: James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter and poet, who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1943

Date of death: 3 July 1971

Age: 27 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Vocalist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Jim Morrison 7T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Musicians from Alexandria, Virginia 21T
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Rick Springfield

Australian musician and actor

Overview: Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started ...

Date of birth: 23 August 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Barbara Porter (Married)

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Frontiers Records artists 118T

20th-century male singers 5,297T

21st-century male singers 6,386T
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Chuck Norris

American martial artist

Overview: Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts champ ...

Date of birth: 10 March 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Film producers from Oklahoma 15T

American Christian creationists 96T

Chuck Norris 6T
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Bill O'Reilly

Political commentator

Overview: William James O'Reilly Jr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American journalist, author, and former television host.

Date of birth: 10 September 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Lynne Kulakowski (Long-Term)

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Figures in sexual harassment scandals 70T

American opinion journalists 71T

Newsmax TV people 19T
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Leonard Cohen

Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Overview: Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1934

Date of death: 7 November 2016

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Canadian male guitarists 377T

Canadian male screenwriters 186T

20th-century Canadian screenwriters 136T
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Liberace

American musician and entertainer

Overview: Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, Liberace enjoyed a career ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1919

Date of death: 4 February 1987

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Pianist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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American musicians of Italian descent 37T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
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Nick Cave

Australian musician and writer

Overview: Nicholas Edward Cave AO (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor, best known for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ...

Date of birth: 22 September 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Susie Bick (Married)

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Australian male guitarists 211T

The Immaculate Consumptive members 4T

The Birthday Party (band) members 5T
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Billy Dee Williams

American actor and writer

Overview: William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and artist. He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Teruko Nakagami (Married)

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21st-century American male writers 3,233T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Novelists from New York (state) 1,277T
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Gordon Ramsay

British chef, restaurateur, and TV presenter (born 1966)

Overview: Gordon James Ramsay OBE (born 8 November 1966) is a British chef, restaurateur, writer, television personality and food critic. He was born in Johnstone, Scotland, and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, E ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Chef

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Tana Ramsay (Married)

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British cookbook writers 35T

British restaurant critics 28T

21st-century British non-fiction writers 151T
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Mickey Rooney

American, Actor

Overview: Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing ...

Date of birth: 23 September 1920

Date of death: 6 April 2014

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Comedians from Los Angeles 164T

Comedians from Brooklyn 125T

Military personnel from Brooklyn 101T
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Bill Cosby

American, Comedian

Overview: William Henry Cosby Jr. (KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality. He performed over a period of decades in film, television, and stand-up comedy, with ...

Date of birth: 12 July 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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American showrunners 404T

American male sitcom actors 604T

Comedians from Philadelphia 75T
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Jerry Seinfeld

American comedian

Overview: Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( SYNE-feld; born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld ...

Date of birth: 29 April 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Jessica Seinfeld (Married)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

American male television writers 1,879T

Las Vegas shows 68T
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Charlton Heston

American, Actor

Overview: Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.

Date of birth: 4 October 1923

Date of death: 5 April 2008

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Presidents of the American Film Institute 6T

United Service Organizations entertainers 148T

Deaths from pneumonia in California 494T
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Spike Jonze

American filmmaker (born 1969)

Overview: Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (pronounced as "Jones"), is an American filmmaker, photographer, musician, and actor, whose work includes film, television, music ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Spiegel family 18T
16.

Mike Myers

Canadian-American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1963)

Overview: Michael John Myers, OC (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He is known for his run as a performer on Saturday Night Live from 1989 to 1995 and ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Kelly Tisdale (Married)

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Canadian Comedy Award winners 176T

Writers from Scarborough, Toronto 14T

Male actors of English descent 380T
17.

Gene Wilder

Comedic actor

Overview: Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, filmmaker, singer-songwriter, comedian and author.

Date of birth: 11 June 1933

Date of death: 29 August 2016

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Film producers from Wisconsin 30T

Film producers from Connecticut 33T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
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Ernest Hemingway

American writer and journalist

Overview: Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong ...

Date of birth: 21 July 1899

Date of death: 2 July 1961

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American anthologists 38T

People with type 2 diabetes 22T

Pipe smokers 77T
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Dan Aykroyd

Canadian film actor

Overview: Daniel Edward Aykroyd, CM OOnt ( AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, producer, comedian, musician, and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Comedians from Ottawa 26T

Actors with autism 63T

People with multiple nationality 71T
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Bruce Boxleitner

American actor and writer (born 1950)

Overview: Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor, and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back ...

Date of birth: 12 May 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Verena King (Married)

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21st-century American male writers 3,233T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Male actors from Illinois 259T